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Jan 6, 2014 at 11:02 PM

Walsh University is partnering with the Plain Township Historical Society for an oral history project, called “From Farmland to Suburb: Plain Township and Postwar America, 1945-1965.” It is seeking volunteers to share their stories about growing up in Plain Township during the postwar years.

CantonRep.com staff report

Walsh University is seeking stories about growing up in Plain Township during the postwar years between 1945 and 1965.

The North Canton university is partnering with the Plain Township Historical Society for an oral history project, called "From Farmland to Suburb: Plain Township and Postwar America, 1945-1965." It will focus on the history and suburbanization of Plain Township during a time when the township's population quadrupled from 7,866 in 1930 to 32,031 in 1960.

"That (growth) has a significant impact on an area and its transformation," Walsh professor Will Cooley said in a news release. "We want to capture that lived experience first-hand via the interviews."

Cooley said the project needs roughly 15 more current or former Plain residents to share their experience of living in the township during the postwar years. The volunteers must be available to be interviewed in February and March.

The interviews, which will be conducted by Walsh students, will be transcribed by GlenOak High School students and then given to the Plain Township Historical Society, which plans to create a traveling display of images, key events and participant memories. A bound copy of the interviews also will be produced.

To volunteer, call Christy Walkuski, service learning director at Walsh, at 330-244-4758 or cwalkuski@walsh.edu.

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